John du Pont was born on November 22, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children of William du Pont, Jr.

Early life John du Pont (front left) during his time at the University of Pennsylvania To date, he is the only member of the Forbes 400 richest Americans to be convicted of murder. Du Pont died in prison at age 72 on December 9, 2010. He was ruled to have been mentally ill but not insane and was sentenced to prison for thirteen to thirty years. On February 25, 1997, he was convicted of murder in the third degree for the January 26, 1996, shooting of Schultz, an Olympic champion freestyle wrestler living and working on du Pont's estate that was located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Du Pont became a prominent supporter of amateur sports in the United States and a sponsor of USA Wrestling.īy the 1990s, friends and acquaintances were concerned about du Pont's erratic and paranoid behavior, but his wealth shielded him. In the 1980s, he established a wrestling facility at his Foxcatcher Farm estate after becoming interested in the sport and in pentathlon events. In 1972, du Pont founded and directed the Delaware Museum of Natural History and contributed to Villanova University and other institutions. Du Pont died in prison while serving a sentence of thirty years for the murder of Dave Schultz. An heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. John Eleuthère du Pont (Novem– December 9, 2010) was an American convicted murderer.

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